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A Weighted Companion Cube stencil! The popular inanimate object from the game Portal, which came as part of the Orange Box set.

I wanted to paint a Weighted Companion Cube on my suitcase so that it will be easy to find in the airports when I go to China. I used fabric paint and a stencil of my own creation. The first step was finding a "face-on" picture of the beloved cube, which was surprisingly difficult to do. The reference I eventually used is here.

Roight, suuo... once I had this printed out, I realized if I were to cut out all the black parts, the heart and the white insides of the outer edge-thingies would fall out of the stencil. So I didn't cut the parts which are indicated in purple. I painted those spaces after taking the stencil off.

Feel free to use this or make your own (better) one! Spread the looooove of the cuuuuube. I used a pocket knife to cut the stencil (though I would highly recommend an x-acto knife or a scalpel or razor!) and masking tape to affix it to my suitcase. I used "Dimensional Fabric Paint," though it would not have been my first choice. I'd recommend a sturdy, non-3-dimensional fabric paint.

<strike>Once I get a digicam, I'll take a pic of the suitcase.</strike> I hope no one thinks it's some kind of biohazard symbol. It's got a heart in it, for cake's sake!

Weighted Companion Cube (c) Valve
PS- Check out the Portal song, "Still Alive." You can find it on youtube.
PPS- I've never played Portal, but I love the cube still. That is the mightiness of its powers!

Thank you ever so very much! This saved me a lot of effort from attempting to cut one out from just a normal image. You're a lifesaver. I made a stencil from the normal plastic stuff, so now the cube shall be put on nearly everything!

I also became obsessed with it for quite a while before I played Portal. I've made a purse, and modded a pair of boots, a jacket, a scarf, a hat, a dress, etc. Your stencil will help me to do even more. Most of my mods have been creating felt appliques and adding them and other details.

Dude! I've never played Portal, either, and I love the cube too. I wish badly that it was available by itself for a console I owned. I've heard you can get it for the PC without the rest of the Orange Box. I may have to cave and actually try a PC game again (for the first time since I bought the first Tomb Raider for a friend about a decade ago).